Examples of unbowed in a Sentence
He was unbowed by failure.
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If the intention is to end the war, then the war will end with Hamas bloodied but unbowed.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
By this point in the epic, Odysseus has emerged from a series of trials unscathed, unbowed, and ultimately unburdened of his men.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2019
Still, this sequel mostly makes good on the promise of building from a foundation that goes back centuries yet carbon-dates to just a quarter of a century ago, the one issued from a man, bloodied but unbowed, standing before a spectators who want their money’s worth.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
The result is an unbowed President Putin, an acute foreign policy failure for President Biden, a geopolitical power shift in favor of the U.S.’s adversaries, and a bleak outlook for Ukraine.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
By this point in the epic, Odysseus has emerged from a series of trials unscathed, unbowed, and ultimately unburdened of his men.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2019
Still, this sequel mostly makes good on the promise of building from a foundation that goes back centuries yet carbon-dates to just a quarter of a century ago, the one issued from a man, bloodied but unbowed, standing before a spectators who want their money’s worth.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
The result is an unbowed President Putin, an acute foreign policy failure for President Biden, a geopolitical power shift in favor of the U.S.’s adversaries, and a bleak outlook for Ukraine.
—Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Unbowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbowed. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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unbowed
adjective
un·bowed
ˌən-ˈbau̇d 
ˈən-
1
: not bowed down
unbowed heads
2
: not conquered
unbowed by failure
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